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To: Ish who wrote (3446)	10/10/2003 11:42:25 AM
From: Oral Roberts	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6358

That is obscene. And they keep saying they need more money to educate yet they get more every year and the quality goes down. I remember someone passing a test around on the internet some time back. I took it out of curiosity and it was really tough. When I finished and it graded me it said I had done exceptionally well and scored in the 95th percentile of people who had taken the test. Then it said oh by the way this was a graduation test for 8th graders in 1915 and by their standards you would have had a B- and the majority of test takers today fail that test. Probably cost less then 1000 a year even taking into account inflation. UFB.

To: Ish who wrote (3446)	10/10/2003 1:03:17 PM
From: Neeka	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6358

In 1993 our school district spent approx. 11,200. on special ed students and approx. 6,500. on every other student. We have a growing number of "special ed students" enroll every year because the word got out that we spend this kind of money. A friend is an IA in the program and the stories about the demands the parents make are enough to make me want to move to the remote hills of Wyoming. I don't begrudge educating special ed students but lets get a balance her eh?